State of Mississippi Selects Skire for Enterprise-Wide
Real Estate, Facilities and Construction Project Management
Chooses Best-in-Class System for Marquee Statewide Initiative
APWA INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS, COLUMBUS, OH, September 14, 2009 - Skire, Inc. (www.skire.com), the leading provider of capital program, facilities, real estate and project portfolio management software today announced that the State of Mississippi has chosen Skire Unifier™ software to serve as a comprehensive platform for managing all of its capital project, facilities and real estate activities statewide. With Unifier, the state will be able to automate and optimize business processes, create visibility and deliver transparency across all of its construction projects and inventory of real property. The State of Mississippi joins a growing list of state governments that have chosen Unifier to optimize their real estate portfolio management performance.
The State's Bureau of Building, Grounds, and Real Property Management, under the Mississippi State Department of Finance and Administration, chose the Skire solution after a competitive procurement process based on Skire’s extensive domain expertise, the product’s flexibility, and the platform's ability to map to the state's processes without compromising its ability to easily migrate to new features and capabilities as they are released. Unifier's uDesigner™ tool played a key role in the decision for its ability to simplify business process configuration and easily adapt processes over time. With a single hosted platform that can address a wide range of management needs, Unifier eliminates the cost, support requirements, and maintenance burden associated with deploying multiple individual solutions.
“We believe Skire Unifier will give us leading-edge capital project, real property and facilities management capabilities within an intuitive and flexible environment,” said Rick Snowden, bureau director of the Bureau of Building, Grounds, and Real Property Management. "With immediate visibility across our broad portfolio of properties and into specific project details, we hope to gain real-time control over costs and drive efficiencies, which translate into maximizing taxpayer dollars."
“The State of Mississippi's commitment to improving its project, facilities and real estate portfolio capabilities in the most flexible, cost-effective manner speaks highly of its concern for sound fiscal management,” said Sateez Kadivar, vice president ofbusiness operations for Skire. “We are delighted that the State chose Unifier for this critical initiative, and we look forward to assisting the State in realizing its vision for a comprehensive statewide implementation."
Skire Unifier is a powerful business process automation platform for managing programs, projects, resources and assets. The platform centralizes comprehensive management capabilities and makes them available to everyone who needs them through a standard Web browser. With robust cost management and project controls capabilities, Skire’s Unifier delivers the best combination of pre-defined workflows, best practices, ease-of-use, and adaptability.
About Skire
Skire, Inc. is the leading provider of capital program, facilities, real estate and project portfolio management software. The company's flagship Unifier platform leverages the company's deep industry experience, giving customers unprecedented visibility and control over major programs and projects. Skire's solutions are used by global Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and educational institutions for managing billions of dollars in capital programs, real estate, and IT portfolios. The company is privately held and headquartered in Menlo Park, California. For more information, visit http://www.skire.com
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